Cub 73 PTO clutch stuck

[darkminion_17]

I use a hamma'

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

I use a hamma'

That's more what I was thinking.....

[darkminion_17]

Yeah, the Ralph Cramden method I call it.
Hamma na hamma na hamma na.

[cooperino]

This really burns my brass buttons!

[sorner]

PTO works fine, it was operator error. The problem was between the seat and steering wheel.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by sorner

PTO works fine, it was operator error. The problem was between the seat and steering wheel.

So.... did you and the owner neither one know how to operate this machine? What exactly is supposedly wrong with it?

Hard to fix something if you don't understand how it works in the first place.

[sorner]

I wasn’t fixing the PTO. The engine wouldn’t start after a heavy rain storm and it spends all its time outside. There was water in the gas tank and in the points cover so I cleaned it all out and it runs great. The thing with the PTO is I thought I knew how it worked and I was wrong. All I had to do was look at the dash decal but I overlook the obvious sometimes.

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by sorner

The thing with the PTO is I thought I knew how it worked and I was wrong. All I had to do was look at the dash decal but I overlook the obvious sometimes.

Overlooking the obvious happens. We all do it sometimes. Well most of us.. We are after all human.

[titleist1]

Originally Posted by cooperino

Overlooking the obvious happens. We all do it sometimes. Well most of us.. We are after all human.

Well....most of us.....

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by sorner

I wasn’t fixing the PTO. The engine wouldn’t start after a heavy rain storm and it spends all its time outside. There was water in the gas tank and in the points cover so I cleaned it all out and it runs great. The thing with the PTO is I thought I knew how it worked and I was wrong. All I had to do was look at the dash decal but I overlook the obvious sometimes.

The fuel tank on a 73 is under the hood and protected. Did he leave the hood open too?

So.... you didn't read the dash decal. Did you try moving the lever into both spots? Or did you just shove it forward, then assume it was stuck since it was running, then go running inside to your computer to ask us how to fix a stuck PTO?

Sorner.... you work on this stuff all the time. All as I expect from you is some thought. Maybe try a few things. Look in a book.... maybe even take a look at a dash decal... before running to the PC and getting the hive stirred up. It's not that people here don't want to help, it's more about calling wolf all the time. Stuff like this happens with you a lot it seems. This is why when you come on here and want to know how to fix XXX, it makes me wonder if that is really what's wrong, or if you have any idea what is. You really need to take more time trying to figure stuff out before running to the forum. Sure, we miss little things sometimes.... but you kind of missed the elephant in the yard here man. All you had to do was try the lever in the other position. Or read the dash. Or even look in a book. You did not need to start a thread. Next time you post, don't be upset if we ask you all the painfully obvious questions first before we give you any advice.